Bah! My old #fabric supplier is only shipping within Canada. Time to either move back... or find elsewhere to by yards or bolts from.

old:
formally called: Pogadakamagizowin
https://creatorsgifts.ca/

potentials...:
https://powwowsupply.com/
https://49dzinewholesale.com/en-us/

and I have no idea where else. 🤔🧐 Most of these places outsource the actual manufacturing to Korea or elsewhere or are not #Native Owned.

Not really a concern at the moment as I still have plenty waiting to be used. Makes them extra special and limited editions! 😜

#Ojibwe #Blackfoot #KainaiNation #Indigenous #indigenouscreatives #sewing #DIYclothing #smallbusiness #FreakAWear

More than prescribed burns, cultural burns develop comprehensive wildfire and land use management. Recent responses to devastating wildfires include sharing elders’ knowledge throughout traditional indigenous lands. “The Blood Tribe or Kainai Nation is one of four making up the Blackfoot Confederacy, along with the Blackfeet Tribe in Montana and the Siksika and Piikani Nations in Alberta.”
#wildfires #Alberta #Montana #BlackfootConfederacy #KainaiNation #BloodTribe

https://thenarwhal.ca/kainai-fire-guardians/

Kainai Nation: the first Indigenous fire guardians program in Canada | The Narwhal

With funding from Natural Resources Canada, Kainai Nation is restoring cultural burns on the landscape with its Indigenous fire guardians program

The Narwhal
‘Walk In Her Shoes’ event held in Kainai Nation
Dozens gathered in Standoff, Alta., to take part in “Walk In Her Shoes,” an annual event where men strap on a pair of heels to support the Kainai Women's Wellness Lodge.
#globalnews #Canada #BloodTribe #DomesticViolence #KainaiNation
https://globalnews.ca/news/10114650/walk-in-her-shoes-event-domestic-abuse-kainai-nation/
‘Walk In Her Shoes’ event held in Kainai Nation

Dozens gathered in Standoff, Alta., to take part in “Walk In Her Shoes,” an annual event where men strap on a pair of heels to support the Kainai Women's Wellness Lodge.

Global News
‘Walk In Her Shoes’ event held in Kainai Nation
Dozens gathered in Standoff, Alta., to take part in “Walk In Her Shoes,” an annual event where men strap on a pair of heels to support the Kainai Women's Wellness Lodge.
#globalnews #Canada #BloodTribe #DomesticViolence #KainaiNation
https://globalnews.ca/news/10114650/walk-in-her-shoes-event-domestic-abuse-kainai-nation/
‘Walk In Her Shoes’ event held in Kainai Nation

Dozens gathered in Standoff, Alta., to take part in “Walk In Her Shoes,” an annual event where men strap on a pair of heels to support the Kainai Women's Wellness Lodge.

Global News
Kainai Nation runners reach Pacific Ocean after cross-country run for MMIWM

Runners from Kainai Nation completed their cross-Canada run for missing and murdered Indigenous women and men and Mother Earth after setting off in St. John's, N.L, on April 12.

Global News

An #Okotoks #artist has #illustrated two stories of #Indigenous #culture
#CharacterIllustrator & artist Alyssa Koski was approached by #HeritageHousePublishing to #illustrate two books depicting less-represented #IndigenousCultures .
She has always sought out knowledge of #FirstNations , herself a member of the #KainaiNation through her grandmother Pauline Dempsey; who was born on #BloodReserve to Senator James Gladstone & Janie Healy Gladstone. 

https://www.okotokstoday.ca/local-news/okotoks-artist-illustrates-indigenous-childrens-books-6688246

#NativeCanada #Art

Okotoks artist illustrates Indigenous children's books

Exchange of ideas and culture were essential for Kainai artist Alyssa Koski to render Swampy Cree and Haida Gwaii characters accurately.

OkotoksToday.ca